The NFL and its owners have reached what they see as a "collaboration" on a new policy for the national anthem, following a year of player protests during it.
NFL players see the league's definition of "collaboration" to be lacking one fundamental of the concept: a partnership.
Commissioner Roger Goodell announced a new anthem policy Wednesday, saying team owners including the Seahawks' Paul Allen approved it unanimously. The policy requires "all team and league personnel on the field shall stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem," while giving players the option to stay off the field during the anthem—and himself the power to "impose appropriate discipline on league personnel who do not stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem.